I drive by Luigi’s every time I go back to my parents’ house (these days I live in Delaware, but my parents still live in the house they bought a month before I was born). That place has been there in one incarnation or another for the entire 48 years I have been on this earth, but not once have I been inside!

LOL…well like I said it’s not fancy, but it’s a good place to grab a bite. 48 years and never stepped foot in the place, now that sounds like a challenge to get you there the next time you are in the area!! What are or were some of your fav’s in the area over the years?

Rules: According to the official Hungry Onion rules of play for the; New Jersey Parkway Exit game, you must actually state an exit on the Garden State Parkway. Leaving random highway comments will be deemed not in accordance with the rules of this game.

sounds like a challenge to get you there the next time you are in the area!! What are or were some of your fav’s in the area over the years?

Tough to say at this point since I haven’t lived there since I was 17. I come home for things like Passover and funerals so there’s not a lot of eating out going on. I try to get to Vic’s in Bradley Beach for pizza when I can, but it might be once every 2 years.

Awwwww poor Juicy Joe…!! As much as it pains me to admit it, I do secretly watch it when I see it on. As I indicated above I’ve known either directly or indirectly some of the people who have been on it. (none of the active participants, people who have been in the background of parties or restaurants etc.) As the matter of fact 2(?) seasons ago when they had cast members from Monmouth County NJ, they filmed all around my immediate area, it was kind of neat.

For the record, I can’t stand the people, but the show has me watching! (please don’t think less of me)

Could never happen, NotJr. We all have our guilty TV…for me, it’s the competition shows Big Brother, Top Chef (like DUH) and Survivor. But my worst guilty TV is The Bachelor/ette. Which, technically, is also a competition show.

This is the sorta stuff you get up to while I’m distracted? Folks are here for pancake excess, not Parkway exit (I’m 98 for those keeping score at home).

Funny thing is that I recall contemplating a CH thread back around the time when it became possible to leave a bar without smelling like the Marlboro Man, premised on the idea of what’s best to eat within x minutes of each exit. Sad thing is, I don’t recall if it ever happened, was deleted, or was simply the product of my imagination brought on by food, drug, and alcohol abuse over time.

Aaahh, well. . . . The point is, for anyone who stuck around for it, we should do that here soon. Somebody remind me?